A field guide for men
Small moves.Everyday life.
Practical things to try. The brain science behind them. Clear about the evidence.
No accounts. Nothing tracked. Nothing sold.
Something to try
Deal me one
Focus and work
The two-minute start
For the thing you keep putting off, commit to two minutes. Open the file, write the first line, put on the shoes.
2 minEvidence: worth trying
The library
Twelve places
Pick one. Each has a start, and a next.
Sleep
Getting to sleep, staying asleep, waking up right.
12 hacks
Energy
Where the day's energy comes from and where it leaks.
14 hacks
Focus and work
Starting, staying on it, and keeping the phone out of it.
13 hacks
Memory and learning
Making things stick, not losing things, keeping the brain flexible.
22 hacks
Mood
A lift when you're flat, and what the feed is doing to it.
16 hacks
Stress and nerves
Coming down in the moment, and getting ahead of it.
16 hacks
Body
Moving, playing, recovering. Not a training plan.
10 hacks
Relationships
Day to day with a partner, fights, and how closeness forms.
24 hacks
Family
Kids, parents, in-laws, brothers and sisters.
14 hacks
Friends
Keeping the ones you have, and making new ones.
9 hacks
Happiness
What holds up in the research. Less than the podcasts say, and cheaper.
10 hacks
Purpose
For the man who does everything for everyone and can't say what for.
9 hacks
A little more context
Make sense of the bigger picture.
Relationships
Desire in a long relationship
Sex gone quiet, wanting it at different times, and what tiredness does to it. What holds up, and what's being sold.
7 min read
Stress and nerves
Drinking more than you meant to
The third beer that was meant to be one. The flat Sunday. The drink at six to stop thinking about work.
7 min read
Mood
Feeling flat
Still showing up, still working, and nothing has felt like much in weeks. What's going on, and what to do first.
9 min read
The Steady glossary
Words behind it.In plain words.
Short explanations for the words behind the advice. Find a familiar one, or discover something new.
Explore the glossary22 terms · 5 subjects
A glimpse inside
Dopamine
Not the pleasure chemical. The wanting chemical. It fires for the chance of something, not the thing.
Working memory
The brain's desk. About four things fit on it. Everything else falls off or has to be written down.
Rumination
Going over the same thing again and again without getting anywhere. Feels like thinking. Isn't.
What the markers mean
- solid
- Many good studies, or what clinical guidelines agree on.
- decent
- Some good studies. Not settled.
- worth trying
- Makes sense, little research. Cheap to test on yourself.